The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1887-10-14

where ne mas lahOred SO earnestly and
incessantly for the benefit Of the town
and county, and in whatever business
pursuit he may engage the STAR joins
with his many friends in wishing him
unbouuded success.
WITT. II. STANLEY.
THE CATTLE QUEEN AGAIN.
Flor SPRINGS, D. T. Oct. 9Th, 1857.
EDrroR Hor SPRINGS STAR.
DEAR SIR:-The following dispatch
from here appeared in the Omaha Bee
Of the 18th ult:
FEMALE CATTLE QUEEN.
suE GOES on A NIGH LONESOME AMI GETS IN rncun,x
gram to the Bee. Mrs. Emma j. Reid, a .cat,ie
queen from New YORK., we'll known In Omaha,
tct on what the cowboys call = high lonesome
Of Young colnred. man whom sha charged win
an assault with n deadly weapon with intent to
commit the crime of rape; After u prolonged es-
Este!le OF Omaha and Norton Of Hot Springs
ectea az counsel for the prosecution, ind Coad of
f Nap the si dsf sna WI" II. n a Of his place &c e SSfe rn,nssi
has bccn with tho defendant and everyone be-
negro. The decision of Judge Wool In iischars.
ing the ae.endant gives universal satisfaction: On
action against the alleged cattle queen for the sum
of S:O,0W damsges for defamation Of character
and talse Imprisonment.
The above telegram to the Bee-ex-
ccpting the word .female"-was sent
by me at the conclusion of the .'ccle.
brated' case alluded to in your last
issue.
In the Omaha Bee Of the End inst.
there appeared an article headed: "Tl,c
Cattle Queen.-Denial of q Slanderous
Dispatch from Hot Springs, Dakota"
etc, wherein the writer attempts 10
disproye the facts contained in my
telegram as above stated.
Tho expression "high lonesome" in
my dispatch is used instead of that of
"protracted drunl."-it reads s,nooth-
CIR in refined society in which l am ac-
customed to associate. When Mrs.
Reid, after her del,auch, concluded to
cause tho arrest Of the innocent and
inoffensiye colored mar-Wiliiam
Brooks-in order to explain away tho
fact OF hcr appearances at a farmers
house at the unreasonable houro of 3 a.
M, in q drunken and di!apidatod con-
dition, where she drank up all tho
alcohol in the house. She endcayorcd
to procure the services of Hon. John
M. Thurston, of Omaha, Neb., but it
seems that gentleman was too busy to
appear in her behalf, so he substituted
. pettyfoggger and political shyster and
ward-bummer Of Omaha, named
Estellc, Of which material Thurston is
known to keep a goodly supply on
hand. As lawyer, Estelle's ability is
very limited. but as a willful and ma.
licious liar he fills the bill. The asser.
ton in the Bee Of October 2nd.
that if there has been any suit
brought against her the complaint has
not yet been fled in this assertion
Estelle knows he is a wilful liar for he
knows that III the oath ult. the sheriff
of the county served her with Il sum
mons, and made his return OH The Same
in accordance with the laws of Dakota
Iu the Bee the article denying the
truth of my article wherein it say:
''had she received any injury at hi:
hands, or had he been arrested on the
first warrant from Custer county, ii
which the ladv's brother made the com
plant, and from which he escaped by ;
technicality. he would NEVER nAvl
LIVED to he tried anywhere inferrins
of course that tins poor, innocen'
and %inoffcnsive colored man. who j
respected by all who know him as a,
honest and industrious citizen, woul,
have been handled without any tria
Of any kind merely upon the cvidenc,
alone of this dissolnte woman. Thes
are sentiments worthy to emana.e from
an Omaha ward hummer, who, whel
here, had the impudcnce to say that Ii
was the son of a preacher. lf hi
father was a preacher he spent the mos
Of his time away from home. The fac
Of the matter is that had Williar
Brooks been taken to Custer county %
the complaint sworn to by her brothe
there would not have been any har,
done him for many Of the citizens g
this county had volunteered thei
services to go there with him, and Sc
that he had a fam and impartial hea,
ing, and it would have required sever;
Omaha ward bummers 10 put int
execution the threat contained in III
Bee, "he would never have lived to i
tried anywhere" On the trial at tn
house Of Judge Wood, near Clleyen,
river, which the Bee is pleased 10 ca
"a deserted stage RANCH" Mrs. Rel
certainly acted lady like for she calle
n of the attorneys for the defense 9
scoundrcl;'' she also told her emine,
counsel from Omaha that she woul
tell her story (givc her testimony
suit herself or that she would not t.
it at all. She then went OH to explai
that the dress she wore on The night
the alleged attempted rape was a tailo
made dress she bought in Scotland G
her last visit there. Her counsel
vain attempted to stop her.
On the day succeeding the night
the attembt at rape, she appeared
the railroad station at Sm,thwic
Two witnesses swore that she W.
drunk when she arrived there. a,
also that she bought two bottles
whiskey while there. In the face
these facts, and others too numerous
mention. her Omaha shystcr won
have an Innocent mai hanged witho
any trial.
AS Bob Ingersoll wonld say, ..up'
such testimony ] would not hang mi
enemy's dog" Referring to til
portion of the Bee denial which reai
.the statement that the whole count
has been with the negro defendant
evidently false. because when the IN
was called at Hot Springs lie got